September 20th

September 20, 2013

NORTH KINGSTOWNâ€”On Sept. 3, 10-year-old Forest Park Elementary School student Elise Jackson tragically lost her battle with a rare auto immune disease that required a lung transplant which never came.

September 20, 2013

NORTH KINGSTOWN â€” On Tuesday evening, the North Kingstown Planning Commission held a lengthy discussion with officials from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation regarding the townâ€™s vision for the Wickford Junction area.

September 20, 2013

NORTH KINGSTOWNâ€”The town is seeking to throw out a Superior Court complaint issued by a group of residents who are opposed to the townâ€™s planned mixed-use development at the intersection of Routes 2 and 102.

September 20, 2013

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CATHERINE HEWITT

CHARLESTOWNâ€”Several Narrow Lane residents reported a low-flying helicopter with individuals armed with high-powered rifles shooting toward the ground at about 3 p.m. Sunday. According to the police report, the passengers in the helicopter were shooting down at a junked vehicle located in the Shoreline Gravel bank at 60 Narrow Lane.

September 19, 2013

KINGSTON â€“ The stateâ€™s educational leaders gathered Tuesday at the University of Rhode Island for a panel discussion on the state of education in Rhode Island.

Eva-Marie Mancuso, chair of the Rhode Island Board of Education, Deborah Gist, commissioner of education, David Dooley, president of the University of Rhode Island, Nancy Carriuolo, president of Rhode Island College and Scott MacKay, political analyst for Rhode Island Public Radio, participated in the discussion.